Alcohol use disorder and risk of specific methods of suicide death in a national cohort
Alexis C. Edwards,
Linda Abrahamsson,
Casey Crump
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionAlcohol use disorder (AUD) is among the strongest correlates of suicide death, but it is unclear whether AUD status is differentially associated with risk of suicide by particular methods.MethodsThe authors used competing risks models to evaluate the association between AUD status and risk of suicide by poisoning, suffocation, drowning, firearm, instruments, jumping, or other means in a large Swedish cohort born 1932–1995 (total N = 6,581,827; 48.8% female). Data were derived from Swedish national … Show more
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